title: Suspect vector transmission of human cutaneous anthrax during an animal outbreak in Southern Italy.
abstract: During an outbreak of sheep anthrax in Basilicata, southern Italy, the owner of a flock located about 3 km away from the affected farm developed skin lesions attributable to cutaneous anthrax. The DNA extracted from the human scabs confirmed the diagnosis, and a 15-loci multiple locus variable number tandem repeat (VNTR) analysis (MLVA) following single-nucleotide repeat (SNR) analysis yielded the same genotype as that found in the dead sheep. The breeder, who had not had contact with infected or dead animals, reported having been stung by gadflies.
authors.affiliation: 1 Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata, Anthrax Reference Institute of Italy , Foggia, Italy .
authors.forename: Antonio
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fasanella
authors.forename: Giuliano
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Garofolo
authors.forename: Michelangelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galella
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Troiano
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: De Stefano
authors.forename: Lorenzo
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pace
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aceti
authors.forename: Luigina
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Serrecchia
authors.forename: Rosanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Adone
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000881:Anthrax / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D001408:Bacillus anthracis / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D018598:Minisatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics; D012756:Sheep; D012757:Sheep Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D017192:Skin Diseases, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000635:transmission*; D015047:Zoonoses